When surfacers do not dive: Multiple significance of extended surface times in marine turtles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1328-1337

  Hochseheid, S ^a   Bentivegna, F ^a   Hamza, A ^b,c   Hays, G C ^d  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b General Telecommunication Authority   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic dive limit; Behavioural thermoregulation; Dive behaviour; Marine turtle; Surface time; Vessel strike

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVING; LIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVING; LIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77951457578     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037184     Document Type: Article

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